Nita Léger Casey: France daily painting

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Orleans #3

Watercolor 6x8

Just another view of my home town, with a little drama of light, I had fun and a little bit of a challenge to achieve the look I wanted . I was pleased at the end !
One more week before I get my new knee, I think I am ready , I have too many thing to do just sitting around .
I will be at open Studio this Saturday.
if these watercolors are of interest please email me for the price nlcasey@charter.net
reminder all my work is copyrighted.

Monday, February 02, 2009

Le Chateau de Sully, copyrighted 2008
oil in canvas 6x6 sold
I just attended the opening of a art show/auction in Jaffrey NH , two of my paintings were accepted, one for the silent auction and one for the live auction , it took me three years to be accepted in the live auction , it is by invitation, and the list is long , the actual auction will be this week end . We are waiting for snow again tomorrow ,and I guess six weeks of winter from the ground hog! I see France got it's share of snow yesterday also .
Please email me if you are interested in this painting , nlcasey@charter.net

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

L'eglise du village , copyrighted 2009
watercolor 8x6
Sunny day today ! but cold and snow on it's way for tomorrow , looks like I will be staying in again , I really don't want to paint snow anymore ,I will concentrate more on my French scenes.
This is the same village of Chambon -la-Foret about 60 miles south of Paris , it's on the edge of the Famous Foret d'Orleans ,a large protected Forest , a place that my family used to take long walks in the woods and picked mushrooms when they were in seasons.
If you are a collector of French scenes or French country decor , and want an original watercolor email me nlcasey @charter.net

Friday, January 09, 2009

"French wildflowers "
watercolor 8x10, copyrighted

My day was filled with painting delivery at different art shows in New Hampshire. The chore an artist has to make from time to time . My friends and I took the drive to Jaffrey and Peterborough , it was the first time that I went there since the ice storm in December, it was unbelievable and sad to see all the broken trees from the ice.
This is a watercolor that I painted a couple years ago in France , i had picked the flowers while on my morning walk, took one of my mother's dish cloth and painted these delicate flowers, and had fun doing it.
if you are interested email me nlcasey@charter.net

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

"La route de chabris "
Watercolor ,5x7 copyrighted 2009

Well, we had our day with the self portraits , It was actually fun to see everyone on Daily Painters .
I must say today was a dreary day , it snowed, iced, rain all day ,I just hope we don't get a repeat of the December storm during the night , the trees are full of ice again!
This is my work for today , a watercolor of French series I do ounce in awhile , this was the village next to my mother's house , my kids used to love to go there to the open market and the newspaper store , their Grand mother used to give them francs to buy candies , in the spring it has this wisteria all over , I should call it Wisteria lane .
Email me nlcasey@charter.net if you are interested, the watercolor is matted to an 8x10 acid free matt

Monday, February 11, 2008

La tourette

I painted this scene the last trip I went to see my mother before she passed away ,It had been a long time since I had seen snow in France . My nephew and I walked the intire village ,This small tourette stands in the entrance of the town , and I really didn't know why ? until my nephew said it used to be an old toll station , in the old days you use to have pay a tax if you were bringing livestock into the town. When you grow up you take all the history of the past for granted. we always learn something !
it was a nice crisp morning , oil on canvas 4x5 framed

Artist statement

Artist statement

I am an Artist who has painted most of my life and enjoy every minute of it. My journey in the art world continually evolves keeping up with the time, I paint in many different medium and love them all. My collection of work is primarily in oils and I use watercolors for commissions, illustrations, and pastels for my own pleasure. My love for architecture shows in my work and many have compared my style with Edward Hopper. I feel honored to be compared with such wonderful artist. I paint daily in the studio and plein air when weather permits. I try to paint from life as much as possible. Last year I gave up teaching art after thirty years of private classes and, now enjoy my former student’s accomplishment in the arts. Many collectors around the world own my work and hope many more will in the future.

The best is yet to come – enjoy my journey!

Nita Leger Casey

www.gingerbreadartgallery.com

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Handy Hints to Successful Art Buying Online

You can make your online art purchasing experiences a lot of fun, and stress-free, if you just take a few moments to follow some tried-and-tested advice.
These hints will give you the very best chance of finding quality works of art, and receiving the art in perfect condition.

1) If you see a piece of art you like on a favorite artist's Blog, don't be afraid to request a couple more photos of the work. Most artists will happily oblige. You might like to see close-up detail of some section... or perhaps an image to confirm the coloring is consistent.

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Nita Léger Casey